Agitating Jats in Haryana will stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday in support of their various demands, including reservations in government jobs and educational institutes for the community.
All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti leader Yashpal Malik on Wednesday said the Jats — who resumed their agitation on January 29 — will take their protest to New Delhi from March 2.
“Several Jats from Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will stage a
protest at Jantar Mantar in the national capital at 11 am,” said
Yashpal Malik while talking to the mediapersons.
The protests by Jats at different places in Haryana continued peacefully for over a month now.
Malik claimed that the protesters have started non- cooperation with the government and will not pay electricity and water bills and also the instalment of loans that they owe to the government.
Jats will submit a memorandum on the quota issue to the President, he said, adding they also plan to gherao Parliament, the date for which will be announced during the Delhi demonstration.
Besides seeking quota in education and government jobs under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, the demands of the Jats include release of those jailed during last year’s agitation, withdrawal of cases slapped during the protest and government jobs for the kin of those killed and injured while taking part in the stir.
As many as 31 people were killed and property worth crores was damaged at many places in Haryana during last year’s Jat stir which had turned violent.